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JoJolion Joins JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle Game

This year's 12th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that JoJolion (Jōsuke Higashikata), the lead character of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's eighth manga part, will be a playable character in Namco Bandai Games' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle game. The issue also reveals that the game is scheduled for August 29, and that there will be a limited-number box with a soundtrack CD, a gold art plate illustrated by manga creator Hirohiko Araki, and figures. The first copies of the limited and regular editions will both include a Hayato Kawajiri memo pad and a download code for the Yoshikage Kira character.

The regular edition will cost 7,980 yen (about US$85), while the limited edition will cost 16,980 yen (about US$182).

CyberConnect2 is developing the game for the PlayStation 3 console.

[Via Moe Ota-News Sokuhō, Kazu]